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VIEWER VOTES

Week 3: Who should be the third nominee to go into AI Arena?
> Quinn

Week 5 (for Week 6): Who should be AI Instigator?
> Tucker

Week 6: How much should Tucker win as AI Instigator?
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Week 13: Who should get $50k viewer favorite?
> Tucker

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Big Brother 26 SEASON FAQ
-Day 1 July 16: Move-in
-Day 2 July 17: Premiere
-Tucker entered the house first
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Power Status

Makensy has America's Veto: she can remove one nom and viewers vote for renom, 4 weeks
Quinn has Deep Fake HOH: details TBA
Chelsie, Cedric are mascots and can't play first HOH or veto, or vote, can be nom'd

Head of Household: Angela
Have-nots: Cam, Kimo, Quinn, Tucker
Original noms: Kenney, Kimo, Lisa
Veto winner/outcome: Lisa/TBA
AI Arena outcome: TBA
Final noms: TBA
Evicted: TBA


Alliance charts by @89razorskate20

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TV episode ratings by @bigbrotherwikia


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Daily Feeds Recaps

Day 6 - Sunday - July 21, 2024

In overnight news, Leah, Lisa, Quinn took advantage of having the backyard to charge some water under the full moon. Their jars were arranged around Lisa's veto necklace, which she'd worn most of the evening. Thanks to @mandapants_x for the screencap and for catching this important event.

This morning, Lisa visited Angela for a lengthy rehash/peptalk that was alternately encouraging and condescending. Angela practically begged Lisa to be her friend and her person in there, and Lisa gave Angela "homework" for how to behave today.

They did their swimsuit photo shoot so that's checked off the list, and those pics should come out in a day or two.

** Tonight's show was changed to 90 minutes the other day, but posted schedules didn't update that, and breaking political news could further change the primetime TV schedule, so keep an eye out for updates.

Lisa made some rounds, apparently having self-appointed herself as assistant HOH, and then met with Angela again. Angela said she'd probably still put up Matt as renom, and that he was expecting it, but she wanted and expected Kenney to go home. Lisa suggested if she puts up a pawn instead that she warn them first, as well as informing the voters. Angela's marathon apology tour carried on when she finally met with Matt. They wanted a witness but got no volunteers, so they did it in the bathroom so people would hear if things got aggressive. Angela started with an apology for her rant and especially for bringing his mom into it. Matt wasn't overly receptive at first but came around, singing his mom's praises and saying he's playing for her. They rehashed everything at great length, and hugged, and Angela stressed she knew Matt wouldn't go home if she does put him up, but acknowledged there are secret twists in play and she'd hate it if they resulted with Matt's eviction.

More later

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Ratings - Actual First Impressions edition

Ratings are based on entertainment value

Noms count: original/renom


 
Boo for taking away live move-in and first night feeds, but yay for not making us wait 6-7-8 days like some seasons. Boo for having complex twists that we don't even have the details for yet, but yay for the potential that those twists might prevent an early power alliance setting up a season steamroll. Boo for not having mascots in costumes, but yay for that too because it's rough for costumees in the first week. All that equals a resounding neutral, with an added WTF for having a human pretend to be an AI entity. That's so backwards.





Won: TBA

HOH 1 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Angela Murray - 50
Real estate agent
Syracuse, UT (orig Long Beach, CA)

Ups for winning the first HOH from the precarious Older Mom casting slot positon, and for making it a sloppy, messy reign. Her Saturday breakfast show was an excellent start to the season for Fun Feeds fans, and it looks like she may come out of it relatively unscathed? We'll see. And she's a uterine cancer survivor so big ups for that! #FuckCancer




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Brooklyn Rivera - 34
Business administrator
Dallas, TX (orig Covington, GA)

She seems to have some savvy about this game, but I don't know if that's her own or if she got some coaching from friend Aaryn. She and Angela have a moms F2 deal already, but that didn't ultimately work out so great for Helen and Elissa. She was way too perky and enthusiastic about organizing and hosting the talent show, but somebody has to bring the energy and a lot of them aren't.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 1

 

Cam Sullivan-Brown - 25
Physical therapist
Bowie, MD

I don't see a lot of him but he seems to be in a good position right now, in a solid trio with Cedric and Chelsie, and they're embedded in various bigger alliances.




Won: Week 1 mascot/can't compete or vote

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Cedric Hodges - 21
Former Marine
Boise, ID (orig Running Springs, CA)

He's struggling some with feeling emotional and feeling bad about that, but maybe that's his Marine background acting up. Others have been encouraging and supporting him when he feels down and that's good. It's tough to start off in this with no chance of power or even a vote, but it worked out well for both him and Chelsie, and they ended up having a free pass week.




Won: Week 1 mascot/can't compete or vote

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Chelsie Baham - 27
Nonprofit director
Rancho Cucamonga, CA

See Cedric re mascot status. I think she's done more to help herself down the road than Cedric, setting herself up well socially this week when she was in no danger.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Joseph Rodriguez - 30
Video store clerk
Tampa, FL

He seemed like he was in a prime position at first but then he slipped a bit. But overall I think he knows what he's doing in there and he should go far.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0 - HN 0

 

Kenney Kelley - 52
Former undercover cop
Boston, MA

His game and people reads are ridiculously bad, and he talks like he knows everything about BB when he clearly doesn't. He might end up providing a lot of unintentional humor if he sticks, but it doesn't seem like he'll stick for long.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 1/0 - HN 1

 

Kimo Apaka - 35
Mattress sales rep
Hilo, HI

He seems like one of the nicest and most genuine people in there, and it's tough to land on the block immediately for no real reason so it's fair and understandable he's been a bit gloomy here and there. But when asked what his ideal scenario for next week would be, he said 'I don't know, I guess someone who'd protect me?' So it seems he'll be a passive player and will go wherever the flow takes him, which is often deep into the jury phase.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Leah Peters - 26
VIP cocktail server
Miami, FL (orig Pittsburgh, PA)

She likes to talk, a lot, often about herself, and often with the most random and funny topics. That might get old soon but for now she's bringing the stories and amusement that few others are. And she's our designated 'old tweets' hamster for that fun side game that's become a tradition in recent seasons.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 1 - Noms 1/0 - HN 0

 

Lisa Weintraub - 33
Celebrity chef
Los Angeles, CA

She was shocked to be the first nominee and made no secret about it, which is a fair reaction, but she ran so many loops and held so many meetings about it, it felt like a bit of entitlement was in place. Then she won the veto so all that was for nothing, but kudos to her for that: it's rare for a woman to win the first one.




Won: America's Veto for Weeks 1-4

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Makensy Manbeck - 22
Construction project manager
Houston, TX

She does nothing for me, but I have a feeling she's going to stick around a long, long time. Props for winning the veto power but wow she shouldn't have told Matt about it. That's going to put her in a very tricky position in a few days when he lands on the block.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Matt Hardeman - 25
Tech sales rep
Roswell, GA (orig Loganvilla, GA)

I'm torn here. His first couple days holding court in the pantry and being manic made for great screenshots and gifs, but then he did a 180 and cried because a 50-year-old woman yelled at him, and he reeled himself way in. He's potentially good entertainment in an unintentional way so I'd be okay if he sticks around another week or two, but not much longer.




Won: Move-in comp advantage TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 1

 

Quinn Martin - 25
Nurse recruiter
Omaha, NE (orig Lawton, OK)

I think he may be driving the game but he does it very quietly and very subtly so it's hard to be sure. He's probably in the best position at the moment and he seems to know everything that's going on, and there's a lot going on.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

Rubina Bernabe - 35
Event bartender
Los Angeles, CA

I don't see a whole lot of her either - feeds have concentrated a lot on Angela, Matt, Makensy - but her talent show performance 'my talent is something rare, I will be shutting the fuck up' was the best part of the show and easily earns her ups.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

 

T'kor Clottey - 23
Crochet business owner
Atlanta, GA (orig Chicago, IL/London, UK)

She's repeatedly said she's slow to open up to people but she's getting there, and I like what we're seeing. She's smart, game savvy, and fun, and she's gradually setting herself up to be in a good spot going forward.




Won: TBA

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 1

 

Tucker Des Lauriers - 30
Marketing and sales exec
Brooklyn, NY (orig Boston, MA)

Easy ups for spewing the most random and often wrong factoids, and for being generally weird and unpredictable. He's repeatedly said he doesn't want to join any alliances, and he's only teamed up solidly with Joseph, and less solidly with Angela. We'll see how that works out for him. If/when he ends up as HOH I think we'll be in for a very wild ride.




 

Won: Control of the game

HOH 0 - Veto 0 - Noms 0/0 - HN 0

Ainsley/AInsley - 24
Surf shop worker
San Diego, CA

She lost two votes to join as #17 so reverted to her robotic persona aka Artificial Intelligence Network Self-Learning Entity, and became a comp host.






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Tally Items

Extracurricular Tally

Minor fights: 1
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Scandals outside our BB world: 2
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Production Goofs

 1 Price tag left on a decor mushroom in house pics
 2 The show's Youtube still has $500k prize
 3 P+ page said season is 'now streaming' before it started
 4 Cast press release link to photos wasn't a link
 5 Different spellings for Kenney/Kenny
 6 Different spellings for Tucker's last name
 7 Eliminated Flashback - big mistake, HUGE
 8 Conflicting info about Essential plan
 9 Tickets site had a Week 2 Wednesday live show
10 Press release + other sources mistakenly said Essential plan wouldn't have feeds
11 Forgot to update premiere day
12 Wrong premiere time + faulty Pluto info in press pic captions
13 Wrong 2nd premiere time on P+ homepage
14 Premiere #2 used stock eviction description
15 Mixed up Matt and Kenney in press pics
16 No working links in Instagram merch promo
17 Official show Twitter using last year's logo
18 CBS main schedule forgot about Sunday's BB



Season Stats

HOHs in order: Angela

Veto winners in order: Lisa

Evictions in order: TBA

Cast Twitters: TBA

Cast Instagrams: TBA



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GAME TWISTS

-First and second move-in groups of eight voted against letting Ainsley join as 17th player, and each group played comps based on their votes.

-Losers Cedric, Chelsie were Week 1 mascots: couldn't compete for HOH or veto, couldn't vote, could be nominated.

-Makensy won America's Veto: once in first four weeks, she can remove someone from the block and viewers will instant-vote the replacement. She used it Week 3 after she went up as veto renom.

-Quinn won Deep Fake HOH: once in first four weeks, the HOH's AI avatar will announce noms Quinn secretly picked, and he can spread misinfo and rumors via that fake avatar. He used it Week 4 to take over Angela's 2nd HOH (everyone knew about it).

-Weeks 1 thru 7: HOH picked three nominees, and veto renom if applicable. The three competed live in AI Arena before the vote, and the winner came off the block.

-Week 6: Viewer vote to pick someone for AI Instigator (Tucker), who could spread rumors via others' AI avatars. A second vote determined how much cash he won ($20k).

-Week 9: Jankie World: everyone lived outside in a carnival setting, with carnival food and periodic signals to sing and dance.

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